Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2010-0410
drivers/connector/connector.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and system crash) by sending the kernel many NETLINK_CONNECTOR messages.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (36.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 36th percentile — 36.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 6.06, 8.10, 9.04
- Debian Linux — versions 4.0, 5.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- git.kernel.org/
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035070.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035159.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00006.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00007.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/38492 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/38557 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/38779 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/38922 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)